MS Sovereign

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For other ships of this name, see Sovereign of the Seas.
Pullmantur Cruises Sovereign 04 IMO 8512281 @chesi.JPG
MS Sovereign docked at Livorno, Italy in 2015.
History
Name:
  • Sovereign
  • Sovereign of the Seas (1988–2008)
Owner:
Operator:
Port of registry:
Builder:
Yard number: A29[1]
Christened: 15 January 1988
Maiden voyage:
  • January 16, 1988 as Sovereign of the Seas
  • March 23, 2009 as Sovereign
In service: 16 January 1988
Identification:
Status: In service
Notes: [2][3]
General characteristics
Class & type: Sovereign-class cruise ship
Tonnage:
Length: 268.33 m (880.35 ft)
Beam: 32.21 m (105.68 ft)
Draft: 7.55 m (24.77 ft)
Installed power:
  • Four 9-cylinder Pielstick-Alsthom diesel engines
  • 21,844 kW (combined)
Propulsion:
Speed: 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph)
Capacity: 2,852 passengers
Notes: [2][4]

MS Sovereign (formerly MS Sovereign of the Seas) is one of three large cruise ships of the Sovereign class operated by Pullmantur Cruises and formerly by Royal Caribbean International. At the time of her maiden voyage on January 16, 1988, at 73,192 GT, she was the largest cruise ship to be built since the Queen Elizabeth. She was initially based at the Port of Miami.

Her refurbishment in November 2004 was the subject of the Travel Channel mini-series Dry-Dock, A Cruise Ship Reborn.[5] Throughout her time with Royal Caribbean she sailed three- and four-night cruises to the Bahamas out of Miami & Port Canaveral, Florida. These cruises visited Coco Cay, one of RCI's privately owned islands, in the Berry Islands group.

In November 2008 Sovereign of the Seas was transferred to the fleet of Pullmantur Cruises after serving for Royal Caribbean International for 20 years, a Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD subsidiary and renamed MS Sovereign. Sovereign set sail on its first voyage with Pullmantur Cruises on March 23, 2009.[3] Similar to other Sovereign-class ships, Sovereign has a multi-deck atrium lobby called the Centrum, and a top-deck, funnel-mounted Viking Crown Lounge with panoramic views of the sea. The ship features 9 bars, 5 restaurants, 4 pools, spa, casino, and many other amenities.[6]

Gallery

  • MS Sovereign as Sovereign of the Seas at anchor in the 1990s.

  • MS Sovereign as Sovereign of the Seas anchored off Coco Cay, Bahamas.

  • MS Sovereign as Sovereign of the Seas anchored off Nassau, Bahamas at night.

  • MS Sovereign In her Previous pullmantur livery.

References

  1. ↑ [1]
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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lloyd's Register of Ships, 1992[clarification needed]
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